Old-fashioned buttermilk biscuits

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup All-purpose flour
½ cup Cake flour
½ teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Baking powder
½ cup Cold unsalted butter
34 cups Buttermilk or more

Directions

Preheat the oven to 450F; set rack in middle level. Prepare biscuit dough.

COMBINE THE FLOURS, salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl and stir well to mix. Rub in the butter by hand or with a pastry blender until the mixture is mealy. Stir in ¾ cup of the buttermilk with a fork and continue stirring gently until the dough begins to hold together. (If the dough is dry, add more buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time.) Sprinkle the work surface generously with flour and scrape the dough onto it. Fold the dough over on itself two or three times. Use the dough immediately . Pat dough into a 6-by-12- inch rectangle and cut into eight 3-inch biscuits with a sharp, floured knife. Transfer to a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Paint tops with buttermilk. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until well risen and golden.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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